ERC Consolidator Grant · 2023
Eastern Central Europe’s earliest shelters
From penthouses to igloos, homes are a cornerstone of human society, deeply entrenched in our evolutionary past. Their staggering array of architecture simultaneously shape and reflect our sociocultural traditions, structure our local economies, and have enabled us to inhabit all four corners of the earth. Yet surprisingly little is known about their earliest forms—Palaeolithic shelters. This is because no systematic attempts have been made to target their early archaeological signatures. HOME will search for a diversity of Palaeolithic shelters during the Late Pleistocene through informed systematic surveys and excavations of archaeological sites in East-Central Europe, a place where early…
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